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About Becky Cortino

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Becky Cortino is a published author whose current book projects are creative nonfiction, related to lifestyle, personal privacy and business internet security issues. Soon-to-be-released: Becky's newest book on the topic of Forgiveness!

Becky's published books are based on passion to share her fascination with herbs, and encourage others through her family's experience injecting healing humor into healthcare for almost 14 years:

Herbal Enthusiast and Master Gardener Volunteer Graduate ('98): Becky's love and enthusiasm for herbs is the seed that sprouted her family's Herbal Treasures of Hickory Hollow dream. Studying herbs since 1988, she is a garden writer, featured public speaker, instructor on herb and garden topics.

On the FlipSide: Creative Mind behind Healing Humor: Live Happy - Be Healthy and AHeart4Clowning series about Injecting Humor in the Healthcare Setting, via Applied Humor Therapy. Writer, featured public speaker, trainer, with multimedia training series, based on nearly 14 years of performing in the healthcare setting and leading a hospital humor program.

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[SERBIA] — Riding in a Belgrade bus, my youngest pointed out the remaining ravages of 1999.
Horrified, I picked up my iPhone, of course. Looking very sympathetically, my son gently advised me not to take a picture, assuring he’d get one later.

A Serbian woman a few years younger than I who sat near us, said directly to me, “No… it’s ok.” I thanked her and quickly snapped the shot, commiserating generally with her at what had taken place, as illustrated by the re

What happens to us shapes our lives, clearly evidenced by the way we respond, and how we handle the unforeseen incident, long-dreaded, unfathomable interference, challenging situation.

This includes our relationships with others, how we interact, and the quality of those moments of connectedness. How others treat us has much more to do with them than us. It speaks of where they are in life, what they hold most dear, their priorities — or lack of them.

If we’re open to life’s amazing possibilities, the New Year isn’t the only time to consider what might be, how we can do things better, strive in our reach for big hairy goals, and realize incredible results in the process, for our efforts. The fact that I have spoken with 3 people in the last week encouraging them to wholeheartedly pursue their dreams, doesn’t escape my recognizing how we humans are willing to dream big, but pause also to wonder why so often hold ourselves back (for whatever

Here I am, planning for the Best Year [again]. It’s worthy to note, this strategizing procedure occurs more than once each year in my world…
It is said “we make plans and God laughs.” Admittedly, the best strategized plans do seem to fall by the wayside, with newly-emerging priorities. Sometimes our greatest planning efforts don’t keep us on the intended track, due to the interference of dream-crushing reality colliding with them. Of course life happens, and we can’t control everythin

It is said “We make plans and God laughs.” Often, the best strategized plans fall by the wayside or don’t keep us on track as crushing reality interferes.

Sometimes we over-estimate our ability to achieve what we have attempted. Never seeming to have enough time usually indicates our not allowed a proper margin of time for expected unexpected bumps in the road on the way to our goal destination.

Visiting Red Square in Moscow!
We slipped into the waiting cab, following a loud, spirited debate, the air filled with confident claims of unmatched prowess by 3 cab drivers greeting us, as we arrived.

The scene was a kind of orchestrated chaos, as the cabbies boasted of being the city’s best drivers (of course). They made big promises that any others would surely get us lost, or worse yet — we’d arrive to our destination late.

After nearly 6 months of ongoing discussion, 3 months of focused planning, a lot of effort to obtain required visas. it seemed hard to believe when the time of our trip to Russia arrived. One of the stops on the top of my list was the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden.

Reading about this amazing garden, I understood what a gem it is. Established initially as an herb garden by Peter

When things go wrong, times get tough, sometimes we begin to feel like Job, don’t we? At one point, he became so aggravated he asked God outright, “If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target?” ~ Job 7:20 [The Message]

In the midst of trials, did you ever roll your eyes and ask “why me?” I’ll admit I certainly have — more than once! It’s human nature to wonder why things have to be as they are, and not as we believe